Pleased to have i like to say that its a washington based think tank. We have from arizona, tennessee and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit a sense of how i come to this issue and why i think its so important. Some of you may know i spent 20 years in the social services in new york and working on the ways we help people get into work and out of poverty and move up economically. Personal responsibility, work, work supports, those things were important, but i always knew there was another domain, another domain of activity that was equally important to our safety net programs. Maybe more important in our safety net programs in helping struggling families moving up and helping their children move up economically and that was the world of education. And no one has done more, it seems
Been claiming for Services Rendered to the Port Authority which were not actually jews at all subsequently that very person was convicted of forging those documents and was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment he in fact absconded so isnt in prison and very recently in the last month came back to kuwait where the Kuwaiti Court even though he didnt been convicted have allowed him out on bail while his appeal against that is that the contrast to what happened to marsha couldnt be more stark somebody convicted and absconded marcia whos been under investigation this is been hanging over her head and since 2012 shes been actively pursued by the authorities since 2015 so much so that shes been on bail when she was on bail and her American Green card expired she wasnt able to go and go to the states because she only and the bail conditions are like there are accuser and yet she was then detained for 472 days since november 27th 17 until just this june while he has been treated completely differ
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Shakespeare Theatre company bard Associations Annual dinner and mock trial. Before we begin murder in mycenae, please take this time to silence all electronic devices. Photography of tonights trial is strictly prohibited. Now, please join me in welcoming chair of the Bard Association. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. I said earlier that all the things we all do watching plays, being on the board, the mock trials and Bard Association is the most joyous. Tonights dinner and mock trial is presented by the Bard Association, an Affinity Group among many that support this theater. As you know, tonights argument is based on the text of the oresteia, which was adapted thellen mclaughlin with chronicles, the deluge of violence that can only be stopped when society peers into its own soul and sees a way out. Our performance, and i hope everybody got a chance to see it, which was our beloved artistic directors last here at the end of 33 years of be
Is. In a sense this is bizarre why is this happening i havent even told you that the same time this you you mentioned about these the sky idea that she them bears old she actually bought of a Company Brought civil proceedings in the Kuwaiti Court saying this money is due in owing and the quaids the civil courts both at 1st instance and on appeal actually agreed and said yes this money is due and owing and should be paid thats part of the allegations against us and the right out if it doesnt know what the left hand is doing some people wages you think when you think about the Death Penalty which has just been reintroduced. What you expect them was justice from a middle east or talks in any way well 1st stock or wait whos just stepped out has as chair of the Security Council for this last month and who has signed all the un treaties particularly the basic rights of every. One should expect in relation to a fair trial should respect them secondly we have many many nonnationals in kuwait a
Actually agreed and said yes this money is due and owing and should be paid thats part of the allegations against us and the right out if it doesnt know what the left hand is doing some people may just say you think what you think about the Death Penalty which has just been reintroduced. What do you expect them was justice from a middle east or talk or see any way well 1st stop kuwait whos just stepped out has as chair of the Security Council for this last month and who has signed all the un treaties particularly the basic rights that everyone should expect in relation to a fair trial should respect them secondly we have many many nonnationals in kuwait and indeed in the gulf states generally who are coming there to do business acting and behaving lawfully they need to have to expect and have the confidence that the judicial system will treat them. Fairly and not arbitrarily as this is happened in this case there was a big conference here about our british investments and there was a g